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They're displacing more people from the north and Rafah and haven't stopped bombing both areas since last night.
 
Idxomer said:
They're displacing more people from the north and Rafah and haven't stopped bombing both areas since last night.
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Terrible news.

As for the Israeli ambassador: Israelis do tend to do these things. Remember Netanyahu with the picture of the bomb few years back? Terrible mentality.
 


The Israeli offensive on Rafah started with sealing off of Rafah & Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossings. For 5 days now, no aid, medicine, or fuel have entered Southern Gaza, where the majority of the population is. That means the population is on fast track to starvation

UN agencies say they will run out of food supplies today & that fuel for hospitals may not last until Sunday. Staff of UN agencies & international humanitarian organizations are either huddled in their offices West of Rafah or are being displaced like the multitudes they serve

First order of forced displacement covered eastern parts of Rafah, including the government hospital (Abu Youssef AlNajjar). Today, Israel ordered the forced displacement of the center of Rafah (3 major refugee camps & packed neighborhoods), including the remaining hospital.

Since the start, Israeli bombardment of homes in east & west Rafah has not stopped from the air, ground, and sea. That means 100s of thousands in tents not ordered to leave have lived through heavy bombardment with nowhere to go. Meanwhile, bombing across Gaza has escalated.

By tomorrow, the handful of hospitals that are struggling to stay open will begin to shut down. Patients in the ICU and NICU will be at risk of death because there will be no fuel to power their life support machines. If this sounds familiar, that's because it is.

There is a cash crisis in Gaza. Even families receiving help from their siblings abroad have no way of getting cash. People are being ordered to go to AlMawasi, a small sand dune area without water, sanitation, infrastructure, services, or hospitals. People are on their own.

Emotionally & psychologically, this is a harder displacement. For many thousands, this is the 3rd, 4th, 5th time or more to be forcibly displaced. For 1000s others, it's their first; where their predecessors had hope of returning home, they know how this horror show goes.

Today, the Israeli army also ordered the forced displacement of the densely populated areas in Jabalia, where the army said it will be carrying a violent offensive. Tens of thousands are being displaced to the West, where Israeli army is bombing homes & leveling neighborhoods.

In Gaza City, Israeli troops have re-invaded Al-Zaytoun area for the third time, forcing thousands to flee without notice. Elsewhere in Gaza City, Israeli troops have once again employed the brutal tactic of leveling entire neighborhoods.

The Israeli Cabinet approved expanding the Rafah offensive. Biden drew a very elastic red line he keeps stretching. But Netanyahu knows he will get away with it. Why? Because that's been the story for decades.

The most illuminating example is US saying annexation of the West Bank was a red line. Netanyahu went ahead with annexation without calling it such, allowing Washington to split hairs & say de facto annexation & administrative annexation aren't full-blown annexation

On FR, the Biden admin issued a report that cleared Netanyahu to continue receiving US military aid. Never mind the damage to the admin's credibility, this report is more proof that Israel will push ahead with Rafah offensive without consequence. More horrific days are ahead.
 
It's so frustrating. More and more people in Israel realise that this is a mistake that will only lead to the loss of life - of Israeli soldiers as well as people in Gaza - but we're helpless as there's nothing we can do to remove the government led by a bunch of awful, evil people.
 
Amir said:
It's so frustrating. More and more people in Israel realise that this is a mistake that will only lead to the loss of life - of Israeli soldiers as well as people in Gaza - but we're helpless as there's nothing we can do to remove the government led by a bunch of awful, evil people.
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I feel for you, my friend.

But, I’m now looking at things differently: Netanyahu formed 7 (!) governments over the past three decades. He’s not a fluke. He represents large swaths of the Israeli public.

I hope for you and for the Palestinians that he goes, but who is going to replace him? Probably someone with more or less the same policies towards Gaza.
 
berbatrick said:
American citizen

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Arab-American lives do not matter.

When I reflect on the killing of Abu Akleh, I recognize now that the Biden administration never really tried hard to investigate what happened. That was a sign of what to come since October 7 (in terms of how the Biden administration has handled it).

As for France, I don’t think that’s it’s about fear of riots. I believe that there’s something more genuine in the positions of France that we saw over the past couple of days.
 
ManUtd1999 said:
I feel for you, my friend.

But, I’m now looking at things differently: Netanyahu formed 7 (!) governments over the past three decades. He’s not a fluke. He represents large swaths of the Israeli public.

I hope for you and for the Palestinians that he goes, but who is going to replace him? Probably someone with more or less the same policies towards Gaza.
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I think it'x six rather than seven.

Anyhow, Netaynahu does represent a large part of the public, but it's a little shallow to look at it just this way. Israel's election system gives him an edge as some parties cling to him because of sectorial considerations and his willingness to allow them budgets that harm Israel on a short term and long term basis, because he's focused on what will keep him in power.

And now he's clearly losing big time in all polls but is refusing any calls for a new election because of that. Meanwhile, aside from Gaza, he's ruining Israel and its future as well.
 


♦️What is happening in Rafah is a large scale military attack, not a limited operation as described by Israel. According to PCHR’s documentation, at least 116 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the ground operation in #Rafah seven days ago, including 22 women and 38 children. In addition, many have been reported to have gone missing.

♦️Widespread displacement across the Gaza Strip due to the forced displacement orders issued by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) to Palestinians in Rafah, Jabalya, and Al Zaitoun. UNRWA estimates that 300,000 out of 1.5 million people have now fled Rafah.

♦️Displaced people are tired, hopeless and frustrated as many of them have already experienced displacement several times. The displacement conditions are dire and inhumane due to the lack of shelter, food, water, and electricity. In the case people are lucky enough to find a tent, they can not find a place where they can set up one due to overcrowding caused by the forced displacement orders and lack of safe space.

♦️Humanitarian aid has not entered Gaza for the seventh consecutive day as a result of Israel’s closure of Rafah and Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossings worsening the starvation crisis and threatening the functioning of the remaining hospitals in the Strip primarily due to the lack of fuel. It should be noted that all crossings, whether used for entrance of goods, including humanitarian aid, fuel, or people, into the Strip are now in the control of the IOF.

♦️Artillery shellings and fire belts have increased significantly and indiscriminately targeting areas where people were not ordered to evacuate as well as areas that the IOF claims to be a “safe zone”. In the past 37 hours, more than 50 Palestinians have been killed, including a doctor and his son, in the Middle Governorate as a result of intense airstrikes.

♦️In conjunction with the ground invasion on Rafah, the IOF are conducting a new military operation Jabalia and Al Zaitoun, north of Gaza, with continued raids, fire belts, and a massive displacement of residents.

In sum, Israel is continuing its genocidal military campaign against the Palestinian people in Gaza unabated. We reiterate our call for an immediate ceasefire. ُThis genocide must end now.
 
4bars said:
Is the second or third news lately that it seems that they are preparing netanyahu as scape goat of this genocide.
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They aren't against it, though; they only don't like how it's conducted politically.
 

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